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Apple's iWork suite consisting of Keynote, Pages, and Numbers is very similar to Microsoft Office's PowerPoint, Word, and Excel; Apple brought iWork to the iOS platform last year, extending its reach from Mac OS X. Microsoft, on the other hand, has not yet brought their Microsoft Office suite to the iOS platform, albeit it is available on the Mac OS X platform.

This will all change soon, as Microsoft’s Czech division has reportedly stated that Microsoft Office for iOS is set to launch in March of 2013:

Originally Posted by Microsoft

In addition to Windows, Office will be also available on other operating systems, Windows Phone, Windows RT, Mac OS, Android, iOS and Symbian.

Office 365 services and other Office products for mobile (phones and tablets) will be released from March 2013.

iOS isn’t the only one. Microsoft also states that the suite is coming to the popular Android operating system in March of 2013, which powers a ton of Apple's competition. It isn't much of a surprise that they would be bringing it to Windows Phone too.

Microsoft could take iCloud into consideration to allow users to sync their mobile documents, presentations, and spreadsheets with the desktop application counterparts. Microsoft could also turn a blind eye toward iCloud and choose to make users use their SkyDrive service, which Microsoft launched in the iOS App Store and made available on the Mac.

Microsoft Office is by far the most popular productivity suite for PCs and it should be interesting to see how it impacts mobile devices such as the iOS platform. The iOS App Store offers a variety of Office-like software for very cheap prices, so Microsoft would have to price their mobile suite just right for people to consider the purchase. Apple’s mobile iWork suite currently sells for $9.99 per application – a grand total of $29.97 for the mobile suite.

UPDATE: Microsoft has stated that the comments made by their Czech division relating to a March 2013 release date of Microsoft Office for iOS were false. More here.